Bird Blow Flies (Protocalliphora) in North America (Diptera: Calliphoridae) with Notes on the Palearctic Species
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990.
Status: Out of print
Binding: Paperback.
Condition: Near Fine.
Pages: 312
Near fine paperback, spotting to top edge of text block. Bird Blow Flies (Protocalliphora) in North America (Diptera: Calliphoridae) with Notes on the Palearctic Species. The Calliphoridae are a widespread genus of flies whose larvae are obligatory blood-sucking parasites of nestling birds. This study describes the North American representatives of the genus Protocalliphoridae, and recognizes 26 species. It gives a species by species account of distribution, life history, host relations, ecology, collecting and control, and includes an appendix of the 137 species of birds known as hosts.
Item #11864ISBN: 0874748658
Price: $22.00